Functional rather than flash
Storage comes in the form of a 32GB SSD and though some may argue for a higher capacity HDD I’d rather take the hit on space in return for speed, improved power consumption and not having to worry so much about dropping it.
Windows 7's touch UI is no iOS, but it's useable
Of course, that’s a nominal 32GB. After system requirements all you actually get is 16GB so it’s just as well there is a fully enclosed SD card expansion slot int which you can leave a card permanently.
Powering the show is a 1GHz AMD C-50 dual-core processor and integrated Radeon HD6250 graphics that takes a chunk out of the tablet's 2GB of DDR 3 memory. This is a combination that makes for a reasonably satisfying user experience with everything trotting along at a decent pace and feeling much the same as a twin-core Intel Atom netbook running Windows 7 Starter. Both 1080p H.264 video and 720p YouTube streams run sweet as a nut in full screen.
PCMarkVantage
Longer bars are better
3DMark06
Longer bars are better
PCMarkVantage Battery Life (Minutes)
Longer bars are better
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COMMENTS
I like it!
That's more my idea of a portable machine - one that can actually DO stuff rather than just show stuff.
Now for the predictable cry....get Linux on it!
@ArmanX
I see the Intel marketing brainwashed you. The speed doesn't matter a jot, it's how much the processor does per clock cycle. You cannot compare an Arm, Atom, I5 etc etc purely on clock speed.
http://davefaq.com/Opinions/CPU_Performance.html
But...
But the tablet is a new format and was invented by Apple last year, all those cool people with tablets would have got one beforehand if they'd been available.
Ahem...
I seem to recall Ubuntu was working on one...
...but it seems to be abandoned. I'll bet much of their research went into Ubuntu Netbook, though. There are a few other interfaces as well. I can't vouch for any of them, though.
FAIL
After 7-8 years of Windows Tablet fail, they launch this. How original.
What is it with these manufacturer lemmings? Or did they listen to the people who want the full OS on a tablet - who have no intention of buying one anyway?
